mkjv - Ecclesiastes:9:13-10:20

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:9:13 @ This wisdom I have seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] great to me.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:9:14 @ [There was] a little city, and few men in it; and a great king came against it and besieged it, and built huge bulwarks against it.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:9:15 @ And a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that poor man.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:9:16 @ And I said, Wisdom [is] better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:9:17 @ The words of the wise [are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him who rules among fools.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:9:18 @ Wisdom [is] better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:10:1 @ As dead flies cause the perfumer's ointment to stink [and] ferment; [so] a little folly [is more] rare than wisdom and] than honor.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:10:2 @ A man's heart [is] at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:10:3 @ Yes also, in the way a fool walks, his heart fails; and he says to all [that] he [is] a fool.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:10:4 @ If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, do not leave your place; for yielding quiets great sinners.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:10:5 @ There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like a sin which comes from a ruler's presence;

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:10:6 @ foolishness is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:10:7 @ I have seen servants on horses and princes walking as servants on the earth.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:10:8 @ He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoever breaks a hedge, a snake shall bite him.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:10:9 @ Whoever removes stones shall be hurt with them. He who splits wood shall be endangered by it.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:10:10 @ If the iron is blunt, and he does not whet the edge, then he must put more strength to [it]. But wisdom [is] profitable to direct.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:10:11 @ Surely the snake will bite without enchantment; and a babbler [is] no better.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:10:12 @ The words of a wise mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow him.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:10:13 @ The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] foolishness; and the end of his talk [is] wicked madness.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:10:14 @ A fool also makes many words; a man knows not what they shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:10:15 @ The labor of fools wearies him, because he does not know [how] to go to the city.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:10:16 @ Woe to you, O land, when your king [is] a child and your leaders eat in the morning.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:10:17 @ Blessed [are] you, O land, when your king [is] the son of nobles, and your leaders eat in [due] time, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:10:18 @ By slothfulness the building decays; and through lowering of the hands the house leaks.

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:10:19 @ Bread [is] made for laughter, and wine makes merry; but silver answers all [things].

mkjv@Ecclesiastes:10:20 @ Do not curse a king, no, not in your thought; and do not curse the rich in your bedroom; for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which has wings shall tell the matter.